Why is the one sentence ending with tous l’ont eu and the next sentence ends with Tous l’ont eu?

Pascal M.A2Kwiziq community member

Why is the one sentence ending with tous l’ont eu and the next sentence ends with Tous l’ont eu?

Tous / toutes = all [of them]Les garçons ont passé leur examen et ilsl'ont tous eu.The boys took their exam and they all passed.Les garçons ont passé leur examen et tous l'ont eu.The boys took their exam and they all passed.
Asked 1 year ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

If I have understood your question correctly Pascal, the two versions are just different ways of saying exactly the same thing -

.... et ils l'ont tous eu

or 

....et tous l'ont eu 

Bonne continuation !

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I don't get your question. What do you want to know?

Tous ont eu l'examen. -- All passed the exam.
Ils l'ont tous eu. -- They all passed it.

In the second sentence, "they" corresponds to ils and "all" to tous.

Alexis S.B1Kwiziq community member

I have a similar question:   shouldn't / couldn't the second sentence read:  "the boys took their exam and they all passed it"     doesn't the  < l' > refer to the exam?

Les garçons ont passé leur examen et ils l'ont tous eu. The boys took their exam and they all passed.
Pascal M. asked:

Why is the one sentence ending with tous l’ont eu and the next sentence ends with Tous l’ont eu?

Tous / toutes = all [of them]Les garçons ont passé leur examen et ilsl'ont tous eu.The boys took their exam and they all passed.Les garçons ont passé leur examen et tous l'ont eu.The boys took their exam and they all passed.

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